Technology · 22 June 2026

Nobel chemist John Jumper joins Anthropic from DeepMind

It's the second big-name exit from Google's AI lab in a week, raising questions about whether it can keep its best people. John Jumper, who shared the 2024 Nobel chemistry prize for protein-mapping tool AlphaFold, said on Friday he'll join Claude maker Anthropic. His role isn't public, but the hire fits Anthropic's push into science, after it bought a biotech startup in April.

By BriefTea Editorial · 22 June 2026 at 11:06

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